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Grandson John Charles Inglis related-
Eric Wurdeman was my Grandfather...my Mother's father. He lived in the Leigh/Columbus area all his years. I remember him as stoic, without much to say. Not to say that he was mean or grouchy...just quiet.
While a small boy living in Omaha, our family visited " the farm" frequently...it seems to me we went out there every two to four weeks. Grandpa Wurdeman often smoked a pipe. They lived on the "home place" with his bachelor brother, Adolph, living in the small cottage adjacent to the main house, that was originally built for their mother.
They had electricity for as long as I can remember but Mom grew up without it. Although an electric water pump was available, I remember it was not turned on, and water was carried into the house in pails for drinking and flushing the toilets.
Apparently Adolph controlled the place, because I remember Mom complaining that her Mom and Dad had to carry the water because Adolph was "too cheap" to turn on the pump. My cousin Donnie(Donald Wurdeman) and I would usually spend a week or two at the farm during the summer. I usually got homesick but wouldn't tell anyone.
Adolph had two horses in the barn that I can remember- two huge work horses, one black, the other white. One was named Bell, and the other, Star. Grandpa and Grandma were really retired from farming at this point, but kept some chickens and a few hogs. Now that I think about it, Grandpa would have been 74 when I was 10 years old and visiting out there there on the farm, and Grandma would have been 76, since she was two years older.
Grandson John Charles Inglis related-
Eric Wurdeman was my Grandfather...my Mother's father. He lived in the Leigh/Columbus area all his years. I remember him as stoic, without much to say. Not to say that he was mean or grouchy...just quiet.
While a small boy living in Omaha, our family visited " the farm" frequently...it seems to me we went out there every two to four weeks. Grandpa Wurdeman often smoked a pipe. They lived on the "home place" with his bachelor brother, Adolph, living in the small cottage adjacent to the main house, that was originally built for their mother.
They had electricity for as long as I can remember but Mom grew up without it. Although an electric water pump was available, I remember it was not turned on, and water was carried into the house in pails for drinking and flushing the toilets.
Apparently Adolph controlled the place, because I remember Mom complaining that her Mom and Dad had to carry the water because Adolph was "too cheap" to turn on the pump. My cousin, Donnie (Donald Wurdeman) and I would usually spend a week or two at the farm during the summer. I usually got homesick but wouldn't tell anyone.
Adolph had two horses in the barn that I can remember- two huge work horses, one black, the other white. One was named Bell, and the other, Star. Grandpa and Grandma were really retired from farming at this point, but kept some chickens and a few hogs. Now that I think about it, Grandpa would have been 74 when I was 10 years old and visiting out there there on the farm, and Grandma would have been 76, since she was two years older.
Original individual @I00644@ (@MS_WURDEMANNGM.GED1@) merged with @I4414@ (@MS_WURDEMANLEGACYG0@)
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1883 - 1972 (88 years)